The Russellville Democrat., 1887-09-07

An epidemic of black diphtheria was re.
ported raging at Lockport Pa, small
town OF 200 inhabitants. Nearly half OF
the population were down with the disease
and thirteen deaths have occurred.
THE North Atlantic squadron had an
imaginary attack on old Fort Adams, near
Newport, r. l., on the ID. After the affair
the besieged and besiegers had lunch to
gcther.
TnE TEsT.
THE assets of s. N. Matson, the bankrupt
Chicago ieweler, are placed at $3.50, 271 and
the liabilities at SITS, 900.
THOMAS g. KNOTT, OF New Albany, Ind,
has been arrested for offering to sell sup
plies OF ten dollar counterfeits at big dis
count.
PRoF FORBES reports chinch bugs gen.
eral in Illinois.
A HEAVY flow of natural gas has been
struck on the Indiana side of the Ohio
river, twenty-five miles from Louisville,
XIV. II it keeps up it will be piped to that
city.
WHILE hands were threshing on the farm
of Lynch Curtis, near Flint, Mich, re-
Gently the grain stacker caught fire and
while the men were fighting the fire the
steam boiler exploded, killing Daniel
Steeger outright and severely injuring
William lockwood, John Bennett and three
young women, who were assisting.
THE Wisconsin Central engineers threaten
to strike against II. S. Barnes, superintend-
ent Of machinery in the shops at Waukesha
for some hidden reason.
MRS. SHIELDS, who was to have been
hanged at Tahlequah, l. T., for killing her
illegitimate grandchild, has been rcspited
to November /.
B. p. HUTCHINSON, one OF the most promi-
nent members Of the Chicago Board of
Trade, was suspended by the Board Of Di-
rectors recently for ninety days. The
cause of the suspension was ostensibly
sput and call' trading 1t was, however,
lntimated that the real cause was personal
bitterness against Hutchinson because OF
his attempt to wreck the wheat crowd re-
Gently, when the Kershaw corner bursted.
THE extensive works OF the st. Louis Car
Wheel Company were destroyed by fire the
other night The loss was estimated at
about 100000, fully insured.
THE first litigation growing out OF the
Chatsworth horror started on the 3lst at
Peoria, ILL.,, in the shape of nineteen dam
age suits, aggregating sl27, 800, which were
begun in the circuit court. Ten are s., ,00C
each, all death cases. The others are for
injuries, and demand various sums, reach
In one instance $200 600.
THE saw mills of Kimball a. Clark,
about six miles west Of Hurley, Wis, were
totally destroyed by fire the other morning.
Loss, 100000. No insurance.
Two engines met in collision on the st
Paul & Duluth road at st. Paul. Mimi, the
other day, both engineers being terribly
injured and the engines wrecked.
GEORGE S. HALL, q farmer, was burned
to death recently by the burning of j. FL.
Coles barn at Detroit, Mich.
CONGRESSMAN O'NEILL, of st. Louis, Mo-,
witnessed the evictions at Herbertstown,
Ireland, recently.
AN aeronaut named Blakssly fell from a
trapeze bar at Princeton, Mo, on the 3lst
when his balloon was at height of 40t
feet and he was horribly mashed to death
COMPLAINTS are made in Nevada of stock
companies, principally alien, lording it over
the settlers of portions Of that State. An
investigation has been ordered.
CoLoRow and his band returned to then
reservation at Ouray, Col, on the 27th, thus
closing the war.
GENERAL NELSON A. MILES was thrown
from q tally-ho coach near Los Angeles,
Cal, on the 3ist and had his right leg
broken at the ankle. Several others sus
tanned slight injuries.
GRAVEYARD insurance companies are
causing trouble in Indiana. They have been
driven out Of Michigan.
ISRAEL Lucas, the county treasurer OF
Wapakoneta, o., has disappeared. His de
falcatons were put at $50, 600
MRS. McGARIaLE, wife of the escaped
boodler, has disappeared from Chicago.
Iowa Democrats met at Des Moines on
the lst. Major I. j. Anderson was nomi.
mated for Governor; J. M. Elder, Lieuten-
ant-Governor; Supreme Judge, Charles S.
Fogg; Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, N. H. W. Sayer.
JOSIAH TRRRILL, for the murder of Charles
Phelps in Meigs County, was hanged in the
jail at Columbus, o., at midnight on the 1st
THE RGil,caa Age, of Chicago, says at
now seems probable that the number OF
miles of new road constructed in the United
States during 1887 will be about 12,OO0
This figure is the greatest on record. Kan
sas still continues far in the lead over the
other States in the work of railway con
struction."
THE engine on the east bound Leadville
express, which left Salida, Col, on the I'd,
went through a bridge at Beaver creek,
killing Engineer Shaw and two others, one
being tramp, with several wounded. The
accident was due TO large rock falling
from the side of the canyon and crushing
through the bridge.
By the explosion of delayed blast near
Monroe, WIS, recently William Krell was
terribly mangled and killed, one arm being
hurled 100 feet from the body.
THE oil producers OF Central Ohio have
formed company to market their own pro-
ducts without regard to the Standard OIL
Company
THE magnificent abbey and college OF st.
Meinrad, located ut Indiantown, Spencer
County, Ind, was destroyed by fire on the
3D. including valuable library of $4,000
volumes, large collection of old and very
rare coins, and large museum. The total
loss was fully s200,0O0; no insurance.
A TRoTTINe race lit up by natural gas
took place at Fostoria, o., the other night.
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